Snapshot · Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Billy the English Setter, who survived a brutal three-coyote mauling that left his intestines exposed, was still alive and well at 15 years old at the time of the episode.
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Sarah had four dogs to discharge that April morning — her own two, her sister's dog, and a friend's six-month-old puppy — and took them to a familiar Manchester-by-the-Sea trail for an off-leash run. When her English Setter Billy's barks turned to screaming 150 yards deep in the woods, she tied two dogs to a tree and sprinted toward the sound [1] — Sarah "Three large Eastern wolf-coyote hybrids were taking turns lunging at Billy, Sarah's 60-pound English Setter. Without hesitation, Sarah ran …" 15:30 . She emerged into a clearing to find three large Eastern coyotes — a wolf-hybrid subspecies weighing up to 60 pounds each — taking turns lunging at Billy. Without hesitation, she grabbed him by the scruff and haunches and played tug-of-war with the coyotes while kicking them, eventually making hard enough contact to scatter the pack. She then ran backwards through the forest carrying the bleeding 60-pound dog while periodically facing down a trailing coyote, knowing that turning her back would trigger a chase. Billy arrived at the emergency vet with his intestines exposed; after hours of surgery, internal and external stitching, he survived. Her hero dog Remy held the line on retreat, lunging at coyotes without making contact to buy her time. Billy is now 15 [2] — Sarah "Billy the dog survived at age 15: Billy the English Setter, who survived a brutal three-coyote mauling that left his intestines exposed, wa…" 20:00 . Dax reflected that what made her capable of this was the maternal identity she had adopted toward her dogs — remove that, he observed, and she would never have gone near those coyotes.
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Three large Eastern wolf-coyote hybrids were taking turns lunging at Billy, Sarah's 60-pound English Setter. Without hesitation, Sarah ran in, grabbed the dog's scruff and haunches, and played tug-of-war with the coyotes while kicking them off, eventually booting one hard enough to scatter the pack.
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